单词 | replait |
释义 | † replaitv.1 Scots Law. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To remit (a person) to a court or judge, esp. for a second or further time; to refer for retrial. Cf. resplait v. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > adjourn continue1469 journey1478 replait1561 1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 186 Gif the said Lord James thinkis thame to be replaitit, and the executioun thairof to be continewit [i.e. adjourned] for the better execution of justice, that he continew the samyn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2019). replaitv.2 transitive. To plait again or for a subsequent time (in various senses of the verb). ΚΠ 1695 J. Dryden in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica Observ. 138 Raphael also had much of that way in his first Works, in which we behold many small foldings often repleited. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Replait, to fold one part often over another. 1796 W. Felton Treat. Carriages (ed. 2) II. 292 Shortening the front by taking out a piece from the top of the fall, and replaiting it. 1839 M. Postans W. India in 1838 I. v. 140 I have been frequently amused at observing an ‘orderly’..deliberately remove his cap,..and gravely suffering about a yard of coarse black hair to escape, commence the task of replaiting it. 1897 S. Baring-Gould Guavas the Tinner xviii. 183 She plaited the fingers together and unwove them, to again re-plait them. 1976 Dædalus Summer 86 We have followed him through the period in the history of Europe when the web seemed to lie in tatters. Only a few strands of what had once been so rich a weave are being replaited by unskilled hands. 2005 P. D. James Lighthouse (2006) ii. 307 She showered, changed her shirt and vigorously brushed and replaited her hair. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.11561v.21695 |
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